Helen Leale-Green and Sarah Franklin (volunteer) discuss how Our Moon works with Zambians to overcome some of the deep-rooted inequalities and barriers they face and how Black lives certainly do matter In light of the horrific death of George Floyd and other Black people before and after him, important conversations have been opened up around […]
Celebrating Our Moon’s five year journey
Helen Leale-Green was interviewed by Alfie Blake, Tunbridge Wells (final year international development student at UEA and alumnus of The Skinners School). Helen first travelled to Zambia on 20 June 2015 and has already had a large impact on giving its students access to higher education. Started by Helen and Justin Mushitu, the journey to […]
Watson launches a poetry competition
Watson Mushimbei is one of Our Moon’s alumni – class of 2019. He is currently studying at Columbia University in New York. Watson loves poetry. He loves writing it and he loves listening to the songs of some of the greatest lyricists of all time: Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan among many others. Last year, […]
100 year old Isiu Lamell completes his 2.6 Challenge!
Dad completed his challenge to walk 26 lengths of his room over a week! And look at the relief and smiles on his face. He would love to you to continue donating to Our Moon. Please donate via this link. He would love to reach his target fundraising of £1000. So far he has raised […]
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Tutoring Children
Mercy Mulenga, one of Our Moon’s current Young Leaders, talks about her experiences at the start of tutoring some of the young children of our workers who don’t go to school There is nothing as exciting as seeing your students comprehending your teachings – this makes you feel you are a good teacher. The converse is […]
Solidarity in coronavirus times
Graph reproduced from African Arguments Only three weeks ago, it was difficult to ever imagine a time when the world would be in lockdown. And yet, here we are. And in many communities, we are adapting remarkably quickly. It has become the new normal for many people to work from home. From our snug, often […]